Attachment to corn-planters



J. A. WERNER. Attachment to Corn-Planters.

No. 225,899 Patented Mar. 23. 1880.

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JOHN A. IVERNER, OF MEDIAPOLIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF OF HIS RIGHT TO CHARLES L. BROWN, OF PELLA, IOWA.

ATTACH MENT TO CORN-PLANTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,899, dated March 23, 1880.

Application filed July 31, law.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN A. WERNER, of Mediapolis, Des Moines county, Iowa, have invented an Improvement in Attachments to Corn-Planters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved attachment for a corn-planter for the purpose oflocking in a vertical position the lever which opcrates the marking-pole of the planter, so that such marker shall be held perpendicular when not in use, as in going to and from the field, passing through gates, 850.

The invention consists in providing a cornplanter with a hinged clasp or fastening for this purpose.

In the accompanying; drawings, Figure 1 represents a top view; Fig. 2, a side view.

A represents the lever, attached to the marker 0 of a corn-planter by means of a link, 1), preferably in the manner shown in another application by me now on file. This lever A has freedom of motion from a horizontal to a vertical position, its upper end, when raised,

2 5 being within convenient reach of the driver.

To the rear portion of the drivers seat is hinged a fastening, B, composed of a flat piece of metal, having recess a in one end, which end extends back of the seat when in use, the lever A being placed in the recess a, where it 0 is held in a vertical position.

XVhen it is desired to work the lever to operate the marker the fastening is turned on its hinges over onto the seat, allowing the lever to move back and forth directly in rear of 5 the seat.

What I claim as new is- 1. In a corn-planter, the combination of the hinged fastening B, having the recess a, lever A, the rod or link I), and pivoted marker O, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

.5. The combination, with a hinged or pivoted marker adapted to move from side to side, of a fastening device for holding such 5 marker in a vertical position, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN A. WERNER.

Witnesses WM. HARPER, WM. S. Hones. 

